Be prepared to identify the following: The Great King, Statira, Babylon, Tyre, Aradus
Book 5
1. How does Book Five begin?
2. What does Callirhoe find particularly difficult about her fate at this point?
3. Where is the trial to take place?
4. Why is Rhodogyne presented in public? What is the result?
5. How is Persian political life affected by the arrival of Callirhoe?
Book 6
1. What is the King's state of mind as this Book begins?
2. What further delay keeps the lovers separate?
3. What mistake in judgement does Artaxates make?
4. What arguments does Artaxates use in his second attempt with Callirhoe?
5. What event intervenes in the unhappy situation Callirhoe finds herself in?
6. How does love affect the war narrative?
Book 7
1. Why does Chaereas decide to fight on the side of the Egyptians?
2. What developments can we see in Chaereas' character?
3. How does he gain access to Tyre? Who are his followers?
4. What honour does Dionysius win and how is he rewarded?
5. What historical figure is the model for Chaereas?
6. What is the irony of the situation at the end of this Book?
Book 8
1. How are the lovers' misfortunes explained at the beginning of this Book?
2. What reassurances does Chariton give his readers as this Book starts off?
3. How are Chaereas and Callirhoe different from when we first met them?
4. Why does Callirhoe leave behind her son?
5. How is friendship restored between Chaereas and the King?
6. What benefits do the lovers' adventures bring to Syracuse?